Otlicahuetztoc (MH782r)

Otlicahuetztoc (MH782r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Otlicahuetztoc (“He Went to Fall On The Road”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the had of a man on a road (otlica), visible eye closed (suggesting death), and facing upward (as though he had fallen, huetztoc). The road (otli) is marked by parallel lines and two alternating footprints, one on either side of the human head.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

At least two other glyphs in this collection show men fallen on or by roads, glossed with this same name. One wonders how often this was an occurrence and what the name meant for those who bore it. Were they seen as having an unlucky fate?

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

agusti . otlicahuetztoc

Gloss Normalization:

Agustín Otlicahuetztoc

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Death, decay, decomposition

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Transportation, Travel, Roads

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

undetermined as yet

Keywords:

caminos, caídos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

o(tli), road, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/otli
ica, with or through, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ica
otlica, on the road, along the way, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/otlica
huetzi, to fall down, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huetzi
-toc, went to do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toc

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Caído en el Camino

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 782r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=638&st=image.

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Orthography:

"z" for tz

Historical Contextualizing Image: